You mean the Gamecube so beloved by gamers it sold less than 25 million units and came last in the sixth-generation of consoles? That Gamecube?

Might have finished last, but at least it knew what it wanted to be.

i find your logic to be misinformed. all consoles knew what they wanted to be back then. Follow me to a children's birthday party...

Nintendo is the family friendly clown who entertains kids and adults alike with his safe, charming demeanor.Sony was the angry teenager, bursting into the room, occasionally mumbling obscenities. His grades are slipping, but you know he'd do well if he would just apply himself.Xbox was the nerd in the corner.he put together an awesome K'nex rollercoaster of his own design, but because it took him so long to build it, people's attentions we're already focused on the fun clown and the brooding teenager, and he never really got to shine as much as he should have.

those are just my anthropomorphized (i might have messed that up) visions of an era (NOT a generation) of gaming consoles.

the point i was making though is that back then, consoles had their identities because they could back then. these days, gamers expect more, and consumers as a whole expect more. one console can no longer be one thing to one group. each now has to a bloodsoaked family friendly dvd jukebox player.

martyrdrebel27:Xbox was the nerd in the corner.he put together an awesome K'nex rollercoaster of his own design, but because it took him so long to build it, people's attentions we're already focused on the fun clown and the brooding teenager, and he never really got to shine as much as he should have.

Halo and Halo 2 beg to differ...

OT: I tend to buy multi-console non-PC releases on the PS3 anyway. Also I don't own a Wii U, so that nips that in the bud.

Still not sure what to think of Injustice, though. I'm not generally the biggest fan of fighters, but it's a little intriguing.

Maybe if they spent less time trying to make gimmicks and more time trying to make consoles.

Isn't there... like, a traditional controller available for the WiiU that NOBODY ever mentions?

Gamepad pro, was it?

What ever happened to that thing?

Unfortunately that controller is absolutely uncomfortable to use(for me at least). I don't know why they thought putting the right thumb stick above the face buttons was a good idea, but it really messes with you when you're trying to play the game, and you have to constantly look down at the controller because you're hitting the wrong buttons.

I'm wondering if they did that because Microsoft and Sony have patents on the other designs, or if Nintendo just decided they wanted to be "different".

teebeeohh:well at this point Nintendo should really try to shower developers with money so they get the better version of a game since that might move a few wiius before the ps4 and xbox MS home entertainment system hit hit the market. Because i really don't believe as many people are willing to buy more than one console this generation compared to the last.

That was the Xbox 360 strategy. They bought as many timed exclusives on games and DLC as they could. The 360 is finishing last this gen. Nintendo is going to have to do better than simply paying for the best version.

Maybe if they spent less time trying to make gimmicks and more time trying to make consoles.

Isn't there... like, a traditional controller available for the WiiU that NOBODY ever mentions?

Gamepad pro, was it?

What ever happened to that thing?

People are focused on the "Wii U has no games" argument right now. There also the "The PS4's tech will knock the Wii U back" argument. Those are pretty hard to argue for the moment.

Well yeah but it will probably take the PS4 at least a year before it starts getting good games anyways, and the tech it's going to have is still going to be behind a brand new gaming PC. It's really just shifting the goal posts to trash on Nintendo.

Like in this instance with Injustice, we don't have the specifics but most here are quick to place the blame as a shortcoming of the Wii-U, when the features missing really isn't something the Wii-U would be incapable of in comparison to the PS3 and 360. Sounds more like the developers just put more focus on the latter two's development, which makes sense since they have a bigger install base, and are releasing a slightly unfinished version on the Wii-U because it's well unfinished but they want to release everything at once.

Unfortunately, we're unable to confirm nor deny these allegations, as we were not sent a Wii U version of the game, despite our attempts to acquire one.

Then why have you put the story as 'confirmed' in the f*****g article title?

Injustice Wii U Lacks Features Of Xbox 360, PS3 Versions

There. Right there. I don't see an 'unconfirmed rumour-', or a 'Wii U Injustice potentially lacks-' or anything. You deliberately put a flamebait title on the post to get hits, then covered yourself with a disclaimer thrown in the article. Oh, so the Wii U doesn't connect to an iOS app? Boo frickedy hoo! Because not being able to connect your fighting game to your iPhone was such a problem for Street Fighter, Tekken and Soul Calibur. No lobby system? Is there any actual source on this? Because I've been looking through Google, and the only source I can find is Jeff Gerstman's tweet repeated in half a dozen articles.

Jeez... I know the Escapist isn't all that fond of Nintendo, but Earnest Cavalli seems to be using news articles to bash the Wii U every chance he gets. This is, what... the third such article in three days? Is this some kind of stealth trolling or what?

You suspended someone because they actively called you out, huh? I agree that the F word was a bit much, but maybe we should be a little more sensitive when Escapist is actively trolling...

You know, I hate that argument "features I wasn't going to use". So what? What about people who were? How can you be so complacent with paying full price while not getting the full game? Whether or not you were gone to use it doesn't matter, it's the fact that you're paying as much as someone else and getting less.